Asperula idaea, Halacsy

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 7

10. A. idaea Halácsy , Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 737 (1901).

Shoots green, rarely glaucous-pruinose, with patent hairs up to 0*3 mm or sometimes subglabrous. Stems 3-15 cm, caespitose to pulvinate; middle internodes mostly 1-2 times as long as the leaves. Leaves 5-8 x 0*5-1 *5 mm, narrowly oblanceolate to linear; midrib usually comprising more than 0.5 of width of leaf; margin revolute. Inflorescence compact, rarely slightly elongate, unbranched, with (1—)2—3(—4) flower-clusters; bracts somewhat connate. Corolla 3*2-5 mm, hypocrateriform to narrowly infundibuliform, pink, with dense, patent, short hairs outside, sometimes subglabrous; tube 2-3 times as long as lobes; lobes obscurely appendiculate. Fruit 1-1*5 mm, with dense, short hairs or elongate papillae. Subalpine zone. • Mountains of Kriti. Cr.